Starke County Prosecutor Leslie Baker asked the Starke County Council members and Commissioners during their joint session meeting Tuesday night to approve the addition of a part-time Pre-Trial Diversion Officer.
Continue readingCommissioners Outline Timeline for Facility Renovations
Proposed renovations to the Starke County Courthouse and old jail building across the street will start next spring and wrap up by the end of 2016 under a timeline adopted last night by the county commissioners. Plans call for the former jail building to be turned into office space for Starke County Community Corrections and the probation department. Purdue Extension will move from the courthouse into the basement, and space will be incorporated for a county morgue facility. Continue reading